Lucknow . Yogi cabinet has approved the proposal for illegal conversion in Uttar Pradesh. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved 21 proposals including illegal conversion. Minister Siddharth Nath Singh said that on Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has come up with the ‘Uttar Pradesh Law Against Religion Conversion Prevention Ordinance 2020’, which is necessary to keep law and order in the state normal and to provide justice to women.
The state Home Department had already prepared the draft of the proposed law against Love Jihad. The draft was also sent to the legislative department for testing. However, in the draft law prepared by the department, the word ‘love jihad’ is not mentioned. This is being called an illegal anti-money laundering bill.
On Tuesday morning, UP Law Commission chairman Adityanath Mittal also said that people of two different religions can marry among themselves, but the law in the new law is about illegal conversion. It has a provision of punishment of 3 years, 7 years and 10 years. The new law will prevent marriage by illegally converting.
It was introduced in the cabinet meeting. The Home Department had drafted it earlier. It was sent to the legislative department for testing. Now this draft will be sent to the Governor, from where it will come into effect after approval.
After making a small change after the decision of Allahabad High Court, the state government has passed a new law on marriage from one religion to another. Now in other religions, it has become mandatory to give notice two months before marriage. With this, permission of DM has also become necessary. Getting married after hiding name can be punishable by up to 10 years.
Siddharth Nath Singh, Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh, said that the UP Cabinet has come up with Uttar Pradesh Law Unlawful Religion Prohibition Ordinance 2020, which is necessary to keep law and order normal in Uttar Pradesh and to ensure justice to women. More than 100 incidents were reported in which forcibly being converted to religion. Inside it is deceit, fraud and religion is being converted. Legislation was made a necessary policy on which court orders have come. On Tuesday, the cabinet brought the ordinance, which was approved.
Recently, the High Court, in a decision, declared conversion to marriage merely illegal. Hearing the petitions of Priyanshi alias Samreen and others, the High Court had said that it is not acceptable to change religion for marriage. Changing religion is not necessary for marriage. After this decision, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had announced that the government would enact an effective law. Through this law, the government will strictly treat people who play with sister daughters by hiding their name, identity and their religion.
After the enactment of this law, which has been prepared to bring a law on love jihad, there is a provision of punishment of five to ten years for those who commit crimes under it. With this, now religious conversion will not be done in the name of marriage. Not only this, Maulana or Pandit getting married should have full knowledge of that religion. According to the law, no woman or a woman will be harassed in the name of conversion. Those doing this will be directly in jail.
Let me tell you that the meaning of the word Jihad in Islam is ‘to fight for the protection of religion’. The term love jihad is currently coined. In Islam religion, the word is understood to mean conversion to marriage or love. Women allegedly belonging to non-Muslim communities by Muslim men pretending to love Islam for conversion.
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